Chapter Summaries

In June 3177 of the Great Tang Calendar, Liu Changxu completed the luxurious Xin Yue Tower and showed his family its floors, cultivation rooms, and spiritual pool. His wives decided to move in, while his mother was shocked by its cost and Liu Changxu valued it as a secure home for the family.

• Liu Changxu finished raising the nine-story Xin Yue Tower in Hundred Blossoms Manor and toured its reception hall, dining room, kitchen, and guest rooms with his family.
• Li Zhenxin and the other women discovered that the spiritual pool strengthened their water-aspected cultivation, while the children jumped in to play.
• Liu Changxu showed the women their bedrooms and cultivation rooms, and they asked to move into Xin Yue Tower; he agreed.
• Liu Changxu's mother arrived with two of his younger sisters, admired the tower, and asked how much it had cost.
• Liu Changxu said he had spent about a hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, and his mother exclaimed that the tower's value could buy five Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Liu Changxu regarded Xin Yue Tower as a valuable family refuge, since its formations gathered spiritual energy and concealed and defended it from powerful cultivators.

After settling his family into Xin Yue Tower, Liu Changxu enjoyed a peaceful life while his spirit beasts advanced. Two years later, Li Zhenxin began her Foundation Establishment breakthrough, and the chapter ended with her success as Liu Household members gathered to celebrate.

• Liu Changxu hosted a housewarming banquet at Xin Yue Tower, where Liu Baishan introduced his three young children, Liu Quan, Liu Xin, and Liu Li, to the family.
• Liu Changxu settled into cultivation and household life, while Xiao Qing, Little Blue, and Xiao Jin advanced to second-tier middle-grade demon beasts.
• In September of year 3179 of the Great Tang Calendar, Li Zhenxin reached Great Perfection of Qi Refinement, took a Foundation Establishment Pill, and entered seclusion at Ascension Pavilion while Liu Changxu guarded her.
• After a difficult breakthrough, Li Zhenxin released the aura of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and Liu Shijie and the Liu Household members gathered to congratulate her while she continued consolidating her cultivation.

Li Zhenxin and Wu Yunyue successfully established their foundations, bringing celebration and renewed hope to the Liu Household. Liu Changxu then decided to take his wives and children on a family trip to Eastern Splendor City to register the breakthroughs.

• Li Zhenxin emerged from seclusion with her restored youthful appearance, reunited with her children, and celebrated her Foundation Establishment with the Liu family.
• Liu Shihao reported that Liu Shifeng had obtained a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Liu Shifeng later succeeded in her breakthrough at Purple Forest Market.
• Liu Changxu gave Wu Yunyue a Foundation Establishment Pill and his breakthrough insights, and she entered seclusion in the Ascension Pavilion.
• Wu Yunyue established her foundation, and Liu Changxu held a celebratory dinner for her.
• Liu Changxu agreed to take Li Zhenxin, Wu Yunyue, Lian'er, Zhang Wenjun, and all the children to Eastern Splendor City, shrinking Xin Yue Tower and placing it in his Storage Ring.

Liu Changxu brought his family to Eastern Splendor City, where Li Zhenxin reunited with her mother and introduced her children. The family celebrated with Wang and Li Yunyue, who learned how far their daughter, son-in-law, and Lian'er had advanced.

• Liu Changxu piloted the modified Xin Yue Boat with his wives and children to Purple Forest Market, picked up Liu Shifeng, and continued to Eastern Splendor City.
• Liu Changxu led his family to Fragrant Garden, where Li Zhenxin opened the courtyard formation and Wang soon arrived to welcome them.
• Li Zhenxin embraced Wang and introduced Jiao'er and Liu Yue as her grandchildren.
• Lian'er reunited with Wang and introduced Liu Han and Liu Feng, surprising Wang with her cultivation progress.
• Liu Yunyue arrived for a family feast and was delighted by Li Zhenxin's Foundation Establishment cultivation and Liu Changxu's Foundation Establishment late stage.
• Liu Changxu served Li Yunyue second-tier top-grade Five-Element Ascension Soup, and Li Yunyue realized spirit cuisine had helped his daughter and son-in-law advance rapidly.

Liu Changxu brought Li Zhenxin and their family to register at the Azure Cloud Sect's Eastern Splendor City Branch Sect, then visited the Li Household. Their arrival revealed how greatly Li Zhenxin’s standing had changed since her marriage, and the chapter ended with the household ancestor and senior members welcoming the couple at the Main Hall.

• Liu Changxu registered Liu Shifeng, Li Zhenxin, and Wu Yunyue at the Azure Cloud Sect branch before returning with them to the Fragrant Garden.
• Liu Shifeng left the next day to attend to matters at the Peach Blossom Pavilion in Purple Forest Market.
• Liu Changxu brought Li Zhenxin, Lian'er, and the four children to visit the Li Household, where Li Zhenhai welcomed them warmly after seeing Liu Changxu’s foundation establishment late-stage cultivation.
• Li Zhenxin returned to her childhood home and found that relatives who had once mocked her now treated her with respect, while Li Zhenyue and Li Zhenrong regretted their past choices.
• Li Tianheng, Li Yunyue, and the Li Household’s senior members waited at the Main Hall to receive Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin, who paid their respects.

Li Tianheng welcomed Liu Changxu, Li Zhenxin, and their family warmly, proud that Liu Changxu might one day bring a Golden Core cultivator to the Li Household. During the family banquet, Li Zhenrong grew intent on pursuing Liu Changxu, while Li Zhenping happily learned about her elder sister’s life.

• Li Tianheng greeted Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin with affection and welcomed their children, Liu Fujiao and Liu Yue.
• Li Tianheng hosted the family in the main hall and arranged a sumptuous Second-Tier Spirit Cuisine banquet from the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion.
• Li Zhenyue grew jealous of Lian'er’s status, while Li Zhenrong regretted rejecting Liu Changxu and began considering how she might marry him.
• Li Zhenrong chatted warmly with Lian'er to learn about Liu Changxu and his family.
• Li Zhenping recognized Lian'er, who had not seen her since she was a child, and the two happily discussed Li Zhenxin and Liu Changxu.

Madam Wang and Li Zhenping visited Liu Changxu and Li Zhenxin at Hundred Blossoms Manor, where the Xin Yue Tower astonished them. At the Liu Household’s fifth Foundation Establishment Celebration on Peach Blossom Mountain, Li Zhenxin and two other women taught the assembled guests, while Lian’er’s new spirit dish helped make the banquet a major attraction.

• Madam Wang, Li Zhenping, and their maids accompanied Liu Changxu’s family back to Hundred Blossoms Manor to attend Li Zhenxin’s Foundation Establishment Celebration.
• Madam Wang and Li Zhenping were amazed by the luxurious Xin Yue Tower, and Lian’er prepared them a lavish meal.
• On January 10, 3180 Great Tang Calendar, the Liu Household held its fifth Foundation Establishment Celebration on Peach Blossom Mountain, drawing hundreds of rogue cultivators and numerous household representatives.
• Liu Shifeng, Li Zhenxin, and Wu Yunyue took turns expounding the Dao to the guests before the Foundation Establishment banquet began.
• Lian’er served her new first-tier supreme-grade Lesser Five-Element Ascension Soup, which could help Qi Refinement cultivators break through or advance their cultivation.

The Liu Household’s Lesser Five-Element Ascension Soup became famous after the Foundation Establishment banquet, and Liu Changxu’s family hosted and toured with Wang and Li Zhenping. After Liu Changxu learned that his son Liu Han had no spirit roots, he decided to take his family to Violet Glow Mountain to comfort Lian'er, visit his master, and seek Foundation Establishment Pills.

• More than a dozen Qi Refinement guests broke through after tasting the weakened Lesser Five-Element Ascension Soup, and the Liu Household established the Immortal Fragrance Pavilion under Lin Yulian and Lian'er.
• Liu Changxu gave spirit treasures to Wang and Li Zhenping before they left, and Li Zhenping reflected on the Liu Household’s harmonious life and began to view Liu Changxu differently.
• Li Zhenxin took Wang and Li Zhenping on a tour of the Liu Household’s territory aboard the Azure Cloud Boat.
• Liu Changxu tested Liu Han’s spirit roots at home and at the Spirit-Root Testing Platform in Yunping County, confirming that the boy had none.
• Liu Changxu decided to take his family to Violet Glow Mountain to lift Lian'er's spirits, visit his master, and seek Foundation Establishment Pills for Lian'er and Zhang Wenjun.

Liu Changxu took his wives and children west toward Violet Glow Mountain, stopping at Purple Forest Market to inspect the Liu Household’s businesses. He supported Eighth Aunt Liu Shifeng’s expansion of Peach Blossom Pavilion and the creation of Immortal Fragrance Pavilion, then arrived to find her businesses thriving amid growing resentment from competitors.

• In July of Great Tang Calendar year 3180, Liu Changxu and his family departed aboard the Xin Yue Boat, leaving three of his spirit beasts behind to help protect the lineage.
• The family reached Purple Forest Market, where Liu Changxu planned to rest with the children and inspect the Liu Household’s businesses.
• At an Elder Council meeting, Eighth Aunt Liu Shifeng proposed separating spirit cuisine from Peach Blossom Pavilion and expanding the pavilion, and Liu Changxu and the other elders supported her plan.
• Liu Shifeng opened a new seven-story Peach Blossom Pavilion and turned the original building into Immortal Fragrance Pavilion, whose Lesser Five-Element Ascension Soup quickly drew packed crowds.
• Liu Changxu arrived at Peach Blossom Pavilion with his family, and Liu Shifeng personally welcomed them to deter competitors who resented the businesses’ success.

Liu Changxu visited the thriving Peach Blossom Pavilion and Immortal Fragrance Pavilion, where the Liu Household’s popular Lesser Five-Element Ascension Soup had brought heavy business and new security concerns. He told Liu Shichao to stop hiring outside Spirit Cuisine Masters and make the pavilion a training base for lineage members.

• Liu Shifeng welcomed Liu Changxu and his family, then guided them through the newly built Peach Blossom Pavilion.
• Liu Changxu saw the crowds at the Immortal Fragrance Pavilion and learned from Liu Shichao that the Lesser Five-Element Ascension Soup had made business boom.
• Liu Changxu and Lian'er visited the confidential kitchen, where Liu Changhui prepared the soup and asked them for culinary guidance.
• Liu Shichao told Liu Changxu that three outside Spirit Cuisine Masters had disappeared and other recruited cooks were leaving in fear.
• Liu Changxu ordered the pavilion to stop recruiting Spirit Cuisine Masters from outside, train willing Liu Household members, and discontinue dishes that failed to satisfy customers.

Liu Changxu investigated the disappearance of three Spirit Cuisine Masters and decided to summon Ninth Uncle Liu Shijia to help confront Purple Forest Market’s established powers. At a household banquet and later meeting, he reunited with Liang and Liu Changxin, but learned that Liang’s intelligence-gathering had produced only gossip.

• Liu Shichao told Liu Changxu that the three missing Spirit Cuisine Masters had vanished without a trace, and Liu Changxu concluded that their rivals were retaliating against the Liu Household’s growing businesses.
• Liu Changxu told Liu Shichao to keep the household members indoors and planned to ask Ninth Uncle Liu Shijia and his father to help handle the conflict.
• Liang and Liu Changxin welcomed Liu Changxu and his family at a banquet, and Liu Changxu learned that his sister had fallen in love with a young man from a Foundation Establishment lineage.
• Liu Changxu held a secret meeting with Liu Shifeng, Liu Shichao, Liang, and his four wives to question them about the missing Spirit Cuisine Masters and possible enemies.
• Liang offered only romantic gossip about Purple Forest Market’s powerful families, so Liu Changxu ended the meeting and went to rest.

Liu Changxu briefed Liu Shihao and Liu Shijia on the covert threats facing Peach Blossom Pavilion and arranged for Liu Shijia to investigate and protect their people in Purple Forest Market. He then resumed his family’s westward journey, and after a comfortable night camping in the Xin Yue Tower, they set out again.

• Liu Changxu explained the conflict involving Peach Blossom Pavilion and Immortal Fragrance Pavilion, then asked Liu Shijia to gather intelligence on rival Foundation Establishment lineages and protect Liu Shichao and Liu Changhui in Purple Forest Market.
• Liu Shihao offered to help Liu Shijia once matters at home were settled, and the three men refined their plans before parting.
• Liu Changxu took his family west aboard the Xin Yue Boat and set up the Xin Yue Tower in a mountain valley, concealing it with a Five Elements Concealment Formation.
• At dinner, Zhang Wenjun asked Liu Changxu to take the family along on future journeys, and he agreed except when sect missions required his attention.
• Liu Changxu activated the Heaven-Watching Mirror for safety, spent the night with his family in the Xin Yue Tower, and piloted the Xin Yue Boat west the next morning.

Liu Changxu arrived in Golden Jade City, a sprawling and dangerous cultivator settlement famed for its spirit jade mines. While his family bought spirit jade at a plaza, he turned his attention to raw ore and began choosing stones.

• Liu Changxu flew the Xin Yue Boat into Golden Jade City and landed at a crowded plaza with his family.
• The cultivators in the plaza made way for Liu Changxu and his family after sensing his late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Li Zhenxin, Wu Yunyue, Lian'er, Zhang Wenjun, and Liu Fujiao bought spirit jade from the stalls while Liu Changxu paid.
• Liu Changxu became interested in the raw spirit jade ore and led his family to the stall with the largest stock to select stones.

Liu Changxu used the Eye of Myriad Forms to select promising raw spirit jade ore and bought eight pieces while Wu Yunyue bargained over the price. After the family left Golden Jade City and set up Xin Yue Tower in a concealed valley, Liu Changxu began cutting the ore and revealed a valuable piece of first-tier supreme-grade blue water jade.

• Liu Changxu scanned the stall’s raw ore with the Eye of Myriad Forms and spotted a piece with a much stronger spiritual halo.
• Liu Changxu and Wu Yunyue bargained with the stallholder, and Liu Changxu bought three pieces for 1,200 low-grade spirit stones.
• Liu Changxu bought five more promising pieces of raw ore, while Li Zhenxin and Wu Yunyue bought second-tier lower-grade spirit jade.
• Liu Changxu flew with his wives and children away from Golden Jade City and concealed Xin Yue Tower in a nameless valley using a Five Elements Concealment Array.
• Liu Changxu began cutting the eight pieces of ore and, after nine cuts into one piece, uncovered first-tier supreme-grade blue water jade.

Liu Changxu cut open his final piece of spirit jade ore and uncovered valuable third-tier violet light jade, prompting his family to celebrate. The chapter leaves him sharing his attention among his wives and children as his youngest daughter’s mischief and her brothers’ counter-pranks play out.

• Liu Changxu and the women found a small piece of second-tier hibiscus jade and several lesser pieces in the earlier ores, earning a small profit overall.
• Li Zhenxin and Zhang Wenjun went inside to rest while Wu Yunyue stayed to watch Liu Changxu cut the final ore, and Jiao'er joined them.
• After Liu Changxu made seven cuts, the ore revealed lower-grade third-tier violet light jade, and Jiao'er ran inside to announce the discovery.
• Wu Yunyue embraced and kissed Liu Changxu, who then celebrated with his wives and children and hugged Jiao'er when she asked.
• Liu Changxu’s youngest daughter, Liu Yun, continued teasing her brothers, who eventually joined forces to prank her until she curbed her mischief.

Liu Changxu discovered a powerful violet light jade and warned his family to keep it secret, then reflected on the need for rules among his household and the Liu Lineage. He began to see why strict lineage rules might be necessary to prevent resentment and conflict.

• Liu Changxu uncovered a foot-long piece of violet light jade worth far more than he first estimated and hid it from passersby.
• The children were entranced by the jade, so Liu Changxu put it away and warned his family not to reveal its existence to outsiders.
• Liu Changxu refused to give the hibiscus jade to Li Zhenxin and Wu Yunyue, promising instead to make Magical Artifacts from the other jade pieces for the women.
• At dinner, Liu Changxu noticed Jiao'er and his sons' jealousy over Yun'er clinging to him and realized his household needed rules.
• Liu Changxu recalled resentment within the Liu Lineage over how he used his private Spirit Treasures and understood why great lineages established strict household rules.

Liu Changxu reflected on how to treat his growing family and began showing more attention to all his children. Later, he killed three cultivators who tried to frame him, then fled with his wives and children before a Golden Core cultivator arrived to investigate.

• Liu Changxu fed Yun'er and began serving Jiao'er and his four sons, delighting his family with his newfound attention.
• Wu Yunyue spotted a battle approaching through the Heaven-Watching Mirror and alerted Liu Changxu and the others.
• A fleeing Foundation Establishment female cultivator threw a Storage Ring into Liu Changxu's formation and claimed she had brought what he wanted.
• Liu Changxu killed the female cultivator and the two masked pursuers, then gathered the spoils and destroyed their bodies.
• Liu Changxu packed away the Xin Yue Tower and formation and escaped with his family aboard the Xin Yue Boat before a Golden Core cultivator reached the battlefield.
• Liu Changxu abandoned his plans to sightsee and gamble in Golden Jade City to keep his family safe.

Liu Changxu withdrew from Golden Jade City and examined the spoils taken from the cultivators who had attacked him. He discovered a priceless third-tier fire flame jade and the Seven-Colored Glazed Eyes secret art, leaving him delighted with his gains.

• Liu Changxu steered the Xin Yue Boat westward with his family, then camped in a secluded valley for the night.
• Liu Changxu opened the Storage Ring taken from the female Foundation Establishment cultivator and found only a dozen pieces of first-tier spirit jade.
• Liu Changxu examined the two Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivators' Storage Bags and found spirit stones, cultivation arts, a Vein Finder's notes, Spirit Artifacts, and assorted spirit jade.
• Liu Changxu opened the female cultivator's Storage Bag and found a third-tier top-grade fire flame jade worth at least several hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Liu Changxu discovered the Seven-Colored Glazed Eyes, an Earth-Tier middle-grade Spirit Eye Secret Art, along with more spirit stones, a cultivation art, and a fourth-tier Vein Finder's insights.

After inventorying the wealth taken from the slain cultivator, Liu Changxu shared selected treasures with his four wives and spoke frankly with them about his responsibilities as a husband and father. The conversation eased lingering tensions and left the family closer as they settled into the night together.

• Liu Changxu recognized the power of the Seven-Colored Glazed Eyes and inventoried the jade, pills, spirit treasures, and other valuables in the female cultivator’s Storage Bag.
• Liu Changxu set aside treasures in five Storage Bags for Li Zhenxin, Wu Yunyue, Lian'er, Zhang Wenjun, and Liu Fujiao.
• Liu Changxu gave Storage Bags to his four wives and explained that he wanted to support all of them and their children fairly, while urging them to advance in cultivation.
• Li Zhenxin and the other three women shared a heartfelt conversation with Liu Changxu, easing their worries and strengthening their relationship.

Liu Changxu and his family arrived in Green River City and visited the Jin Family Spirit Tea Shop, where he sampled Jade Dew Skyblue Tea. After helping Li Zhenxin and Wu Yunyue absorb its potent spiritual energy, he decided to buy half a catty of the costly tea.

• Liu Changxu brought his family into Green River City after presenting his Azure Cloud Sect identity token at the east gate.
• Liu Changxu's family drew attention on Green River Avenue until Li Zhenxin and the other women put on veils.
• Liu Changxu took his family to the Jin Family Spirit Tea Shop and asked for a recommendation of top-grade spirit tea.
• A Foundation Establishment female cultivator served Liu Changxu, Li Zhenxin, and Wu Yunyue Jade Dew Skyblue Tea, while younger cultivators received a weaker tea.
• Li Zhenxin and Wu Yunyue struggled to refine the tea's spiritual energy, so Liu Changxu helped them absorb it.
• Liu Changxu learned the tea cost five thousand low-grade spirit stones per tael and ordered half a catty.